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Pat Sajak Biography
Birth Name:
Patrick Leonard Sajdak
Birth Place:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Profession
Game-show host, DJ, weatherman
Fast Facts
- Once worked as a hotel desk clerk
- Began career as an English-language announcer for a Spanish-language radio station in Chicago
- Served in the U
- S
- Army in Vietnam as a DJ for Armed Forces Radio from 1968 to 1972
- Worked as a DJ in Kentucky, then as a weatherman in Nashville and Los Angeles before being picked by Merv Griffin to host Wheel of Fortune
- Hosted a late-night talk show on CBS from 1989 to 1990
- Won Daytime Emmys for Wheel of Fortune in 1993 and 1997
- Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994
- Founded his own production company, P
- A
- T
- Productions
- Hosted the short-lived Pat Sajak Weekend on Fox News in 2003
- Supports conservative political causes
- Is an avid hockey and baseball fan
Awards
- 1987People's Choice Awards-Favorite Game Show Host: winner
Relationships
- David Sajdak -- Brother
- Maggie Marie Sajak -- Daughter
- Sherrill -- Ex-wife
- William Backal -- Half Brother
- Joyce Backal -- Mother
- Patrick Michael James Sajak -- Son
- Walter Backal -- Stepfather
- Mason -- Stepson
- Lesly Brown -- Wife